Troufanov, 29, was kidnapped from his parents' home in the border kibbutz of Nir Oz on Oct. 7, 2023. His mother Yelena, grandmother Irena and partner Sapir were also kidnapped, but released in a November 2023 prisoner swap deal. His father, Vitaly, was killed in the attack.

Plumes of smoke rose over Beirut, while airstrikes and artillery shelling inflicted heavy damage on buildings in southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil.

A day after it was dealt a blow during the ground battles in south Lebanon, the Israeli enemy poured out its wrath on Beirut’s Dahieyh on Thursday, pounding the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital with massive airstrikes.